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To ALL WHOM Ir MAYGONGERN:

Be itkuown that I, WILLIAM WEAVER, of Phnixville, in the county ofChester, and State of Pennsylvanimi Y have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Insect-Traps; and I dohereby declare thatthefollowing` i -is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawingsand to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in whichiFigure 1 is a. side view, and

` Figure 2 a plan of my device.

The nature of this invention consists in the employment of a. boxprovided ,with tubes,'so constructed and.1 I arranged that when theinsects for which it is designed onceeli'ect an entrance, all modes ofegress are seeml;

ingly cut oil', and they are thus entrapped, to be destroyed by openingthe lid and pouring in hot water.` To enable others skilled the art tomake and use my invention, I will nowv describe its construction.

A represents a. boit, which isprovided with the hinged 'cover a. Thisbox may' be of tin" or any other matei rialwhich is suitable, and may bemade either round or angular. e e e representopeningson the side andnear the bottom of the box A.' Upon the inner side of these openings aresoldered or otherwise Vsecured the tubes q g-g'. These tubes should beplaced atv-or about the angle represented' in iig. 1,`and must betapering from M A their lower `totheir upper ends, as seen in fig. 2.la. h lL are projections on the upper ends of seidtubes; These;

projections should 'be bent downwards and `towards the bottom of thetrap A.; As this trap is designed `to I catch roaches, ants, snails,&c., Snc., it may bebaited on the, inner 'si'de with such condimentsassuch insects are fond of. Itwill thus be seen that from the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of the tubes g g g, `insectsri i when onceentrapped, will ind it'all but impossible to. extricate themselves.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l l The box A.,when provided with tubes g g arranged and coustructedas set forth.Intestimony that I claim the foregoingas my own, I aix my signature inpresenceiof twowitnesses. v

WILLIAM WEAVER- Witnesses i P. G. CAREY., MAHLON MILLER.

